Improvement in pantaloon-shapers



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6. MORE. Pantaloon-Shapers.

Patented April 14, 1874.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GOTTLOB MORE, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

'IMPROVEMENT IN PANTALOON-SHAPERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 149,595, dated April14, 1874; application filed March 16, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GoTTLoB MORE, of Boston, in the county of Suffolkand State of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in Boardsfor Shaping and Pressing Pantaloons, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings making .part of this specification, in which- Figure l is ahorizontal section through my I improved shaping and'pressing boardapplied to the table of a pressing-machine. Fig. 2 is a horizontalsection through the center of one portion of my improved board. Fig. 3is a similar section through the center of the other portion of the sameFig. 4, detail in perspective, to be referred to; Fig. 5, section on theline 00 0c of Fig. 1.

My invention relates to certain improvements in boards for shaping andpressing pantaloons; and consists in a board composed of two portions,havin gone or more springs placed between them, whereby they may bereadily separated from each other or brought together to accommodatepants of various sizes to be shaped and pressed thereon, the ends of thetwo portions of the board being securely confined in place when adjustedby pins entering a series of notches, or by other suitable catches orfastenings, the two portions being guided during their movement to andfrom each other by dowel-pins or otherwise. My invention also consistsin a block provided with a projection, upon which the board with thepants thereon may be revolved into any desired position to enable thepressman to apply the goose or iron thereto without the inconvenienceand delay incident to the removal and turning of the board to bring theunpressed side uppermost, as heretofore. My invention also consists in aspring-plate provided with notches or serrations for preventing thelower front end of the leg of the pants from slipping from its positionon the board during the operation of pressing, the notched plate beingcaused to yield and to be drawn back into the board by the removal ofthe pants, in order that they may not be injured thereby.

To enable others skilled in the art to understand and use my invention,I will proceed to describe the manner in which I have carried it out.

In the said drawings, A B represent the two portions of my improvedboard, to the inner face of one, A, of which (corresponding to the shapeof the back of the pantaloons) is secured one or more fiat springs, a,circular holes I) also being formed within this portion for thereception of circular dowel-pins or projections 0, extending out fromthe inner face of the portion B, which corresponds in shape to the frontof the pantaloons, the dowel-pins, in connection with their holes,serving to guide the two portions A B as they are moved to or from eachother. Secured to the upper and lower sides of the portion B are twothin sheets of metal, d, which extend inward from its inner face to aconsiderable distance, forming a deep groove or opening, 6, extendingits entire length. Each end of the portion B, near its outer face, isprovided with a plate, 0, having a series of holes, h, formed therein,close to each other; and each end of the portion A, near its inner face,is provided with a spring-plate, D, near the inner end of which, andprojecting inward, is a pin, 2'. The lower front end of the portion B isrecessed out for the reception of a notched plate, 15, pivoted at 16,and provided with a spring, 17, at its back, in order that the plate.may be made to yield by the action of the removal of the pants from theboard, and thus avoid the liability of their being torn or injured; and,to facilitate the drawing of the pants on the board, a suitable stop maybe provided for keeping the notched plate temporarily within its recess.At the upper or broader end of the portion A is secured a metal plate,E, provided with a hole, 70, for a purpose to be explained hereafter.

When the two portions are brought together, the dowel-pins guide themtill the ends of the fiat springs to come into contact with the innerface of the portion B, the portion A passing into the groove or opening6 formed by the metal sheets d, which lap over it for some dis tancefrom end to end.

If the press-board is to be adapted to accommodate a pants-leg of largesize, the portions are securely confined in place with the leg of thepants properly stretched thereon. The board is now brought up to a pin,1, projecting from a block, G, secured to a standard rising from thepressing-machine, (not shown,) and the hole 70 in the plate E is broughtinto line with the pin 1, when the board is slipped thereon, and firmlyheld in a position to revolve freely around it.- The side of the leg ofthe pants to be first pressed is brought uppermost,

and a suitable support, H, placed under the lower and knee portions ofthe leg, and the iron is then brought down. When this side of the pantsis pressed sufficiently, the board is revolved into any other positionto enable the pressman to readily obtain access to the remaining portionof the leg to finish the operation of pressing.

When it is required to remove the leg, it is simply necessary towithdraw the pins 11 from the holes h by applying the fingers to knobsor projections m, with which the outside of the spring-plates D areprovided, when the two portions A B of the board may be forced togetherby compressing the flat springs to, thus loosening the strain on the legand allowing it to be readily drawn off.

hen a leg of a smaller size is to be pressed, the two portions A B arebrought closer together by compressing the flat springs a. until the legcan conveniently be pulled on, when the springs 11 are released, so asto force the two portions A B out, and snugly fill and stretch the leg,when they are secured in this position by entering the pins 2' into theholes h nearest them. By changing the position of the pins in theirrespective holes at either end of the board, I am also enabled toreadily increase or reduce the size of the waist without altering thesize of the bottom of the leg, and

vice versa, thereby adapting it for use for any change in the style ofthe pants.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. A board for shaping and pressing pantaloons, composed of twoportions, A B, provided with one or more springs, a, between them,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The portions A B, with one or more springs, a, between them, incombination with a device for lockin g the portions together whenadjusted, substantially as described.

3. The portions A B, with the holes I) and dowel-pins c, in combinationwith a device for locking the portions together, and the springs a.placed between them, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. The yielding notched plate 15, in combination with the portion B,substantially as and for the purpose described.

5. The block G, with its pin 1 or equivalent, in combination with theportions A B, sub stantially as and for the purpose specified.

Witness my hand this 9th day of March, 187 4.

GOTTLOB MORE.

In presence of- N. W. STEARNS, W. J. CAMBRIDGE.

